The $143 Million Dead Drop: How Insiders Turned Polymarket Into a National Security Casino
A Harvard study and NYT investigation expose 80+ Polymarket accounts that collectively extracted $143 million in suspected insider trading profits.
DeFi Intrigue
On-chain mysteries, identity drama, conspiracies, and unexplained events
The Oracle That Couldn’t Be Trusted: Chaos Labs, North Korea, and DeFi’s Reckoning
Chaos Labs caused $26.9 million in erroneous Aave liquidations, tried to monopolise DeFi risk infrastructure, then got linked to a North Korean cyberattack.
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A Green Beret Bet $33K on a Raid He Helped Plan — and Won $409K on Polymarket
The DOJ has charged a US Special Forces soldier with using classified Maduro raid intelligence to profit $409,881 on Polymarket — the first-ever criminal prosecution for prediction market insider trading.
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